Global Definition of the Term Innovation: The Social Factors Influencing Individual Understanding

Justin Fruehauf, Frederick G. Kohun, Dusan Lesjak, Celina Solek-Borowska and Joanna Paliszkiewicz
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Justin Fruehauf: Robert Morris University, United States
Frederick G. Kohun: Robert Morris University, United States
Dusan Lesjak: University of Primorska, Slovenia
Celina Solek-Borowska: Warsaw School of Economics, Poland
Joanna Paliszkiewicz: Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Poland

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Abstract: The term innovation is quickly entering the lexicon of the global business community. It has infiltrated every facet of strategic discussions within organizations. Yet prior research shows that how an individual perceives the definition of the term “innovation” may be greatly influenced by their individual education as well as culture. A previous study conducted in the western half of the United States state of Pennsylvania produced evidence to suggest that engineering students, business school students, and vocational machining school students maintained differing frames for defining the term innovation based upon their previous background and career education. The purpose of this study is to further the previous research and assess the impact of national identity on the concept of innovation. Through comparative analysis of university students in the United States and Poland, the differences and similarities in the understanding of the term innovation will be explored.

Keywords: innovation; innovation education; innovation dissemination; information innovation; vocational education (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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